Apple Inc., the tech industry’s golden child goes for the jugular. And this time, payback is for REAL! Their newest iteration of the iPhone, aptly named the iPhone 4, is already a hit. Apparently there was so much demand for it that Apple’s and AT&T’s websites couldn’t handle the surge in orders. Even with...
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Wotay! It’s been more than a few days since the Jesus Tablet hit the market and I am pretty sure you are all tired of the reviews by now. I got my paws on the Apple iPad a few days ago and quite liked it. But then again, I don’t have an iPhone and...
With so much personal information floating around the Internet, managing an online reputation can be a challenge, especially for people looking for a job or hoping for a promotion. Professional networking sites like LinkedIn have helped people manage their reputations by allowing them to post tightly controlled professional profiles–on LinkedIn, users can request recommendations...
In just a few days from now, Apple will finally roll out its new iPad, that the company touts as a “magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price (!)” But the big question is who is going to buy it? Sure, there will be the fanboys and Apple maniacs who’ll stand in the...
The wonderful thing about the movies is that, unfailingly, they help provide a context to some of the things that are happening in the world. They can serve as a helpful point of reference– something that we can hold up things against and compare how they stack up against what we have already seen...
Gather around all ye LOLcat lovers, YouTube watchers, rabid facebookers and diligent tweeters, for there is good news for you. Our beloved Internet is in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee’s decision last year to award the Peace Prize to the freshly elected President Obama was considered by many...
Anyone who has ever lived in a developing country (See also: India, Kenya) can attest to the fact that giant piles of poop by the roadside are a common site. In incredibly poor areas, where there is not just a lack of hygiene but proper methods of sanitation and waste management, the spread of...
The devastating earthquake in Chile that killed almost 700 people probably also shifted the Earth’s axis, say NASA scientists, permanently making days shorter by 1.26 microseconds. But since a microsecond is one-millionth of a second, you may not have noticed.
Anyone who uses Facebook or Twitter is probably familiar with Bit.ly or TinyURL.com–Web services that shortens lengthy Web addresses to fit within limited character counts. These truncated URLs don’t make it clear what page the link redirects to, but most people have gotten used to that fact; users happily click a shortened URL without...
“More science, less fiction” is the message from the scientific community to Hollywood, even as the sci-fi film Avatar continues to rake in cash at the box office. Physics professor Sidney Perkowitz took to the stage at last week’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to encourage more science in...